supprimentvssupprimezTell them apart

Which to use

“suppriment” and “supprimez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,607
“suppriment” frequency rank
#34,770
“supprimez” frequency rank
71377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suppriment supprimez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de supprimer.

Where the eye mixes suppriment and supprimez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. suppriment runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCC) against supprimez's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
suppriment
9 ch
supprimez

Visual trap between suppriment and supprimez

A purely visual mix-up. suppriment (\sy.pʁim\) and supprimez (\sy.pʁi.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suppriment is recorded at frequency rank #36,607, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁim\. supprimez is at rank #34,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.pʁi.me\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 71377, this pair ranks #47,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suppriment vs supprimez

Shared letters: eimprsu. Private to "suppriment": nt. Private to "supprimez": z.

"suppriment" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC  ·  "supprimez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suppriment ← spupriment · ssuppriment · suppirment · suppriemnt · supprimennt · supprimentt · supprimetn · supprimment
  • supprimez ← spuprimez · ssupprimez · suppirmez · suppriemz · supprimezz · supprimmez · supprimze · supprmiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suppriment" and "supprimez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sy.pʁim\ versus \sy.pʁi.me\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suppriment" or "supprimez"?
"supprimez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,770 in our French list, against #36,607 for "suppriment". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suppriment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supprimez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suppriment" and "supprimez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subprimes vs supprimez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #47,769 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list